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<a href="http://theappendix.net/issues/2013/10/indelible-ink-the-deep-history-of-tattoo-removal">Indelible Ink: The Deep History of Tattoo Removal</a> <blockquote>
By the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, documentation of tattoo removal was often found in accounts of Europeans in contact with cultures overseas—particularly, although not exclusively, societies in the New World. The failed effort to remove the English pirate's facial tattoo was not the only attempt at such a procedure in the early modern Atlantic world. A number of French, Spanish, English, and Native American sources suggest that people of the period could regret their permanent body modifications just as much as modern people do.
Tattoo removal in the past, however, reflected something more powerful than transient personal taste.</blockquote> <br /><br /><a href="http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1902-10-26/ed-1/seq-32/">Tattooing Is A Method Of Decorations Which Recently Has Been Puushed Too Industriously Here</a>
via <a href="http://www.needlesandsins.com/2013/11/a-tattooing-artist-a-must-read-article-from-1902.html">Needles and Sins</a>post:www.metafilter.com,2014:site.139598Tue, 03 Jun 2014 08:24:03 -0800the man of twists and turnstattootattooremovalnewworldcolonizationidentitymarkscarscarificationtribeskinpersonpeopleBy: Dip Flashhttp://www.metafilter.com/139598/scarifying-and-fetching-off-a-great-part-of-the-Skin#5569893
The other week I got sieg heiled (and "fuck you"ed) by a guy with swastika tattoos on both cheeks. I wondered after if there would ever come a point for him when he'd look in the mirror and want them gone, like the captives in the article.comment:www.metafilter.com,2014:site.139598-5569893Tue, 03 Jun 2014 08:46:03 -0800Dip FlashBy: Sys Rqhttp://www.metafilter.com/139598/scarifying-and-fetching-off-a-great-part-of-the-Skin#5569904
<em>The other week I got sieg heiled (and "fuck you"ed) by a guy with swastika tattoos on both cheeks.</em>
There are three basic camps among tattooists when it comes to swastikas:
1. Hell no.
2. Sure, whatever.
3. Okay, but let's make it really big and prominent so everyone knows what an asshole you are.
I think that guy probably went to a #3.comment:www.metafilter.com,2014:site.139598-5569904Tue, 03 Jun 2014 08:52:58 -0800Sys RqBy: otiohttp://www.metafilter.com/139598/scarifying-and-fetching-off-a-great-part-of-the-Skin#5569932
This is a fascinating subject, thanks for posting!
<em>I wondered after if there would ever come a point for him when he'd look in the mirror and want them gone, like the captives in the article.</em>
The documentary <em><a href="http://www.erasinghatethemovie.com/">Erasing Hate</a></em> deals with just that.comment:www.metafilter.com,2014:site.139598-5569932Tue, 03 Jun 2014 09:03:44 -0800otioBy: photoslobhttp://www.metafilter.com/139598/scarifying-and-fetching-off-a-great-part-of-the-Skin#5569998
The <a href="http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/starting-over-meant-erasing-his-face-tattoos-the-hard-way/2181792">Tampa Bay Times just published a story the weekend</a> about a young man who went to some extreme lengths to remove his facial tattoos. It's a heart-breaker.comment:www.metafilter.com,2014:site.139598-5569998Tue, 03 Jun 2014 09:38:00 -0800photoslobBy: sio42http://www.metafilter.com/139598/scarifying-and-fetching-off-a-great-part-of-the-Skin#5570000
I cannot bring myself to click on a link about pre-laser tattoo removal.
I don't need fodder for nightmares, thank you very much.comment:www.metafilter.com,2014:site.139598-5570000Tue, 03 Jun 2014 09:38:50 -0800sio42By: blue_beetlehttp://www.metafilter.com/139598/scarifying-and-fetching-off-a-great-part-of-the-Skin#5570052
Scrub scrub scrub!comment:www.metafilter.com,2014:site.139598-5570052Tue, 03 Jun 2014 10:03:51 -0800blue_beetleBy: gottabefunkyhttp://www.metafilter.com/139598/scarifying-and-fetching-off-a-great-part-of-the-Skin#5570149
Ink above the neck: never, ever a good idea.comment:www.metafilter.com,2014:site.139598-5570149Tue, 03 Jun 2014 10:44:26 -0800gottabefunkyBy: Rashhttp://www.metafilter.com/139598/scarifying-and-fetching-off-a-great-part-of-the-Skin#5570151
Wish I could invest in tattoo removal -- it's going to be a huge industry. But since a doctor has to do it (at least, in the US) I'm not sure how to proceed.comment:www.metafilter.com,2014:site.139598-5570151Tue, 03 Jun 2014 10:45:41 -0800RashBy: sneeblerhttp://www.metafilter.com/139598/scarifying-and-fetching-off-a-great-part-of-the-Skin#5570359
Or you could go <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Judgment_of_Cambyses2_WGA.jpg">whole hog</a>, as it were.comment:www.metafilter.com,2014:site.139598-5570359Tue, 03 Jun 2014 12:00:57 -0800sneeblerBy: homunculushttp://www.metafilter.com/139598/scarifying-and-fetching-off-a-great-part-of-the-Skin#5578402
The making of an impressive tattoo: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Abi0HRN0JC4">Satine's Phoenix</a> [nsfw]comment:www.metafilter.com,2014:site.139598-5578402Sun, 08 Jun 2014 01:51:45 -0800homunculus